MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.24,-117.27 Latitude: 34.24 Longitude: -117.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 136 1 950 582 SFC 922 851 33.8 -1.4 10 35.2 14.3 276 6 314.2 314.9 290.6 326.2 3.74 3 900 1059 30.0 -1.1 13 31.1 12.9 274 5 312.4 313.2 290.2 324.9 3.92 4 850 1564 26.1 -7.7 10 33.7 9.5 262 5 313.5 313.9 289.3 321.7 2.52 5 800 2092 22.2 -11.1 10 33.3 6.9 262 6 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.5 2.05 6 750 2646 18.0 -12.7 11 30.6 4.5 252 7 316.1 316.5 289.5 322.5 1.92 7 700 3230 13.2 -12.8 15 25.9 2.0 240 12 317.0 317.4 289.9 323.8 2.04 8 650 3847 9.4 -19.5 11 28.9 -1.3 240 20 319.6 319.9 290.0 324.0 1.25 9 600 4505 5.5 -29.9 6 35.5 -4.9 251 24 322.5 322.6 290.1 324.4 0.53 10 550 5209 0.7 -33.4 6 34.0 -8.2 257 26 324.9 324.9 290.7 326.4 0.42 11 500 5966 -4.3 -36.7 6 32.4 -11.7 262 26 327.8 327.8 291.5 329.0 0.33 12 450 6786 -10.3 -37.7 9 27.4 -15.9 260 28 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.5 0.33 13 400 7682 -16.1 -42.0 9 25.8 -20.5 249 29 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.9 0.24 14 350 8671 -24.0 -44.5 13 20.5 -26.7 260 29 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.21 15 300 9773 -33.5 -49.5 19 16.0 -34.9 267 34 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.7 0.14 16 250 11026 -43.8 -49.7 52 5.9 -44.2 269 39 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.16 17 200 12492 -52.9 -66.6 17 13.7 -53.2 268 33 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14295 -65.1 -74.0 28 8.9 -65.2 246 25 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16725 -68.9 -82.3 13 13.3 -69.0 39 5 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.20 m Freezing level: 543.38 mb = 5309.05 m = 17417.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.88 mb = 3596.34 m = 11798.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 9.56 % Est. max temperature: 35.09 C = 95.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 551.00 mb = 5194.11 m = 17040.84 ft T: 0.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 4.62 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 417.38 mb = 7358.29 m = 24141.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.85 C = 125.33 F Cap Strength: 10.32 C Lifted Index: 10.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.40 C Showalter Index: 11.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.40 C Cross Totals Index: -3.33 C K Index: -3.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 36.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8131.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 536.80 mb = 5401.70 m = 17721.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.7 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 284.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 19.68 m/s